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by maddock on September 18th, 2005
The LD50 (dose at which 50% of administrations are fatal) of LSD is approximately 55mg/KG in mice. Assuming that the human body is reasonably similar in metabolism, that means that in order to kill an average human weighing 70KG (~155lb), they would have to ingest 3,850mg of LSD to die half of the time.
LSD is -the- most potent psychoactive currently known, and the psychotropic threshold is about 35-70ug (micrograms). Street doses are around 100ug.
A subject would have to ingest 38,500 street doses of unadulterated LSD* to die half of the time. If street prices are $5 per hit (conservative), it would cost $192,500 to obtain this much LSD.
Can you die from LSD poisoning? Yes, but it has yet to be documented in a human. Can you die from self-injury or recklessness while out of your mind on LSD? Absolutely, it happens all the time.
* LSD is often mixed with amphetamine derivatives, methamphetamine, caffeine, phencyclidine, pseudoephedrine, all of which are cardiotoxic and will kill you thousands of times faster than LSD itself, which is a remarkably safe drug, systemically.
Do you refer to all drugs with the word coke?
by Have A Nice Day on December 11th, 2011
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what if someone spliced the genes that produce the buzz in pot into a legal plant? (tomato, lawn grass, ivy, etc)
by zwatcher on December 6th, 2011
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Ultimately its my choice & responsibility if i take drugs,but if drugs werent available,i wouldnt take them-dealers should be destroyed?
by MORE GOOD on November 21st, 2011
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A muslim gang in my neighbourhood attacked an evil drug lord and hospitalised him - I respect what they did, should I ?
by MORE GOOD on December 3rd, 2011
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Would you sell your shoes so you could buy crack??
by zoso1166 on December 13th, 2011
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Exactly what I would have answered.
by AlenaD on September 24th, 2005
Useful; though STP and DMT are milder, they produce a much harsher experience.
by RedJohn on March 13th, 2006
LSD is one of the most potent psychoactives, not the most. DMT is much more potent and intense. DMT is what creates our dreams, if you use DMT (in it's various ways you can) it will be the most intense provocative experience you have ever had in waking life. Datura is also on the lines of DMT in its intense effect...although most of the time when you use Datura you remember only half of what happend. I suggest no one try Datura...it's very negative, it was also used by indians as a punishment. The physical effects are horrible as well, constantly feeling the need to pee, scratchy dry throat, seeing evil things, reliving the past, sometimes totally incoherant of your own surroundings(people talking to you, where you are, etc.)
by Lainerz on January 7th, 2007